Metallic tie and rail-fastener.



L. MGFARLAND.v METALLIC TIE AND RAIL FASTENEE. APPLIoATIoN FILED JAN. 9. 1909.

Patented Novl2, 1909.

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LEWIS MCFARLAND, OF PITTSBURG, PENNSYfLVANIA,IASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF T JOHN J. FITZGERALD, OF PITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

METALLIC TIE AND RAIL-FASTENER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 2., 1909.

Application led. January 9, 1909. Serial No. 471,464.

Toall whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Lnwrs MGFARLAND, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Pittsburg, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Metallic Ties and Rail-Fasteners, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

This invention relates to metallic ties and rail fasteners, and the objects of my invention are, to provide a strong and durable metallic tie for supporting rails comprising a track; second, to provide novel rails that can be positively secured to ties to prevent lateral and vertical displacement, third, to obviate the necessity of using nuts and bolts as a fastening medium for the splice bars of confronting ends of two rails; fourth, to provide novel ties and sleepers that can be used in connection with rails for steam or street railways; fifth, to provide a rail fastener by which rails can be securedto ties without the use of skilled labor; and sixth, to provide a novel metallic tie and rail. fastener that will compensate for the expansion and contraction of rails.

I attain the above objects by a simple and inexpensive structure that will hereinafter be described in detail, and claimed.

eferring to the drawings Figure 1 is a side elevation of a tie and rail fastener constructed in accordance with my invention, Fig. 2 is a side elevation of a rail secured to a plurality of ties, Fig. 3 is a plan of one of my ties having rails secured thereto, Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the end of a rail constructed in accordance with my invention, partly broken away and partly in section, Fig. 5 is a perspective view of a portion of a tie, Fig. G is a plan of a cotter pin serving functionally as a fastener for rails, Fig. 7 is an end view of a portion of a rail secured to an ordinary wooden tie, Fig. S is a side elevation of a tie supporting street rails, Fig. 9 is a side elevation of 'ai street car rail secured to a plurality of my ties, Fig. 10 1s a plan of one of the ties'supkporting street car rails, Fig. 11 is a cross sectional view of a street car rail supported by a longitudinal sleeper. Fig. 12 is a side elevation of the same and Fig. 13 is a detail view in section thereof.

Each one of my metallic ties comprises a semi-cylindrical or arch-shaped base 1 having lateral flanges 2 adapted to support the tie in or upon the ballast of a road bed. The base 1 is provided with a longitudinal T- shaped upright 3 for supporting the base flanges 4 of rails The tie uprights 3 are cut away, as at 6, to accommodate a longitudinal depending rib 7 carried by the base of each rail, these ribs 7 alini-ng vertically with the web portions of said rails and extending from one end of said rail 7 to the other. Each rib upon one side is provided with a longitudinal groove S., the object of which will presently appear.

Suitably secured to the sides of the uprights 3, preferably by rivets 9 extending through openings 10 provided therefor in the uprights 3 are plates 11, said plates being cut away, as at 12, similar to the uprights 3. The plates 11 and the upright 3 of each tie are transversely grooved, as at 13, the groove 13 of each tie being adapted to conform to the groove 8 of each rib, whereby a tapering cotter pin 14 can be inserted between the rib 7 and the tie for holding said rib in the cutaway portion 6 of the upright 12 of the plates 11. The end of the cotter pin after being inserted in the grooves 8 and 13 is bent, as at 15, to prevent accidental displacement of the cotter pin 14. The construction just described and employed for fastening a. rail to the tie is also applicable for securing the confronting ends of two rails to gether. f

When my rails are used upon ordinary wooden ties, the wooden ties 16 can be'transversely grooved, as at 17, to accommodate a base plate 18, said base pla-te receiving the rib 7 of each rail. The base plate 18 and t-he base flanges 4 of each rail can then be secured to the tie 16 by ordinary spikes 19.

Reference will nonT be had to Figs. Sto 12 inclusive, wherein I have illustrated street car rails 2O having web port-ions 21 corresponding to the ribs 7 of the steam railway rails. The webs 21 are secured to my tie as previously described in connection with the ribs 7 of the rails 5.

In connection with street car rails, particularly at a joint, the plates 11 can have the upper edges thereof flanged, as at 11a providing a seat for the confronting ends of the rails 20.

In Figs. 11, 12, and 13 of the drawings the rails are illustrated as supported by longitudinal sleepers instead of transverse ties. Each sleeper comprises two channel bars 22 provided with a spacer block 23 which is secured to the bars 22 by the rivets 24 or other suitable fastening devices. The contiguous ends of the channel bars 22 are connected together by the spliced bars 11b maintained in position by the bolts 24a, see Fig. 13. The depending webs 2l of the rails 20 are secured between the channel bars 22 by cotter pins 25 which have their ends bent as at 26. By the foregoing construction, the channel bars 22 firmly support the heads of the rails 20.

The inner longitudinal sleeper of onepair is connected to the inner longitudinal sleeper of the other pair by the coupling rods 26a which are shown in section in Fig. l2 and in side elevation in Fig. l1. Each end of each of the rods 26a is flanged, the flanges abutting against the inner faces of the inner sleeper and secured thereto by the rivets 27.

While in the drawings forming a part of this application there is illustrated the preferred embodiment of this invention, it is to be understood that changes, variations, and modifications canbe resorted to which come within the scope of the claims hereunto appended.

Having now described my invention what I claim as new, is

l. In a metallic tie and rail fastener, the combination with rails having longitudinal depending ribs provided upon one side with a longitudinal groove, of ties for supporting said rails, each tie comprising an archshaped base having lateral flanges, a T- shaped longitudinal upright carried by each base for supporting the base flanges of said rails, said longitudinal uprights being cut away to provide clearance for the depending grooved ribs of said rails, plates secured to` said uprights and cut away to register with the cut-away portion of each upright, said plates and said upright being grooved to register with the groove of theV depending flange of each rail, and a tapering cotter pin inserted in the grooves of said upright and said depending rib and adapted to be bent to prevent accidental displacement of said cotter pins, substantially as described.

2. In a metallic tie and rail fastener, the

combination with rails having longitudinal depending grooved ribs, of ties adapted to support said rails, each tie comprisil'lg an arch-shaped base, a T-shaped upright supported by said base, said upright being cutaway to accommodate the depending rib of a rail, plates secured to the sides of said upright and cut away to register with the cut-away portion of said upright, said plates and said upright having registering grooves formed therein adapted to register with the grooves of the depending ribs of said rails, and cotter pins adapted to be inserted in said grooves for securing the ribs of said rails in said uprights.`

3. In a metallic tie and rail fastener', the combination of rails, depending grooved ribs carried thereby, uprights adapted to support said rails, said uprights being cut away to accommodate the rib of each rail, plates scoured to the sides of said uprights, said plates being cut away and grooved to regis ter with the cnt-away port-ion of each upright and the groove of each rail rib, and cotter pins inserted in said grooves for holding said ribs in engagement with said uprights.

il?. In a metallic tie and rail fastener, the combination of rails having longitudinal depending grooved ribs, uprights for supporting said rails, said uprights being cut away to accommodate the ribs of said rails, and cotter pins inserted in the cut-away portion of said uprights for engaging in the grooves of said ribs and retaining said ribs in engagement with said uprights.

In a metallic tie and rail fastener, the combination with rails having depending longitudinal ribs extending from one end of a rail to the opposite end, of an upright for supporting said rails, and a cotter' piny engaging the rib of a rail and said upright for retaining said rib in engagement with said upright.

In testimony whereof I aiiiX my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

WAX H. Snonovirz, C. V. BROOKS. 

